The new Audi A5 combines a sporty and  an unobtrusive design to a  powerful, elegant and individual appearance.  "A uniquely beautiful car  and thus a real challenge for us," says  Hans-Jürgen Abt. The managing  director of Abt Sportsline raved about  the new Coupe from Ingolstadt,  but he emphasizes that "our designers  and engineers were able to improve  the outstanding base model even  more". The character of the noble  sportscar still maintains but after  getting a special treatment in the  Allgaeu it appears more dynamical.  The body kit, especially tailor-made  for the Abt AS5, is a spectacular  package: a front skirt with a grid  element which emphasizes the  singel-frame grill and the fog lights, the  slightly curved, laterally  mounted body parts and the sleek gill-shaped  air-inlets, as well as the  well-proportioned rear. With the unobtrusive  but striking rear spoiler  and the rear skirt inset in diffuser optics,  the design of the Abt AS5  is gracefully rounded off. The 4-pipe rear  muffler is perfectly  fitting and additionally recontoures the rear view.  Needless to say  that the car sounds as a real Abt car should.
Even  when standing still, the Abt AS5 is a  sensual car, which eagerly wants  to be driven. And when it is allowed  to go on the road, it shows how  much sports spirit it has. First of  all, the 3.0 TDI engine gets a  significant "power treatment". The  extremely powerful, self-igniting  engine perfectly fits to the A5 and,  in addition, offers moderate  consumption values. By means of improved  motor management, Abt turns the  serial 240 hp (176 kW) into powerful  272 hp (200 kW). With an extra Abt  turbo charger, the power even  increases to 300 well feeded horses.  Diesel and sportiness belong  together since long. Certainly, Abt  Sportsline will successively modify  later developed A5 engines. 
To   ensure a perfect handling of the noble power package, Abt also makes   use of its adjustable sports suspension, besides the serial Quattro   engine. All the more, the Abt AS5 will be brought to a standstill by   means of the Abt brake system with a disc diameter of 380 millimeters. 
To  perfectly round off the successful  optics package, Abt Sportsline  recommends the AR wheel, which is  available for the A5 in the sizes from  18 to 20 inch, of course  together with appropriate sport tyres. Wheels,  body components and  technical modifications build a whole unit: a  wonderful Coupe at its  best. Not more and not less.